True Crime

With No Man of God's premiere at Tribeca Film Festival, studying the Ted Bundy ingrained in our pop culture consciousness

Three decades after Bundy fried in the electric chair, there’s still no stopping our macabre obsession with him.

Netflix true crime docu Why Did You Kill Me? raises more questions about justice, vengeance and vigilantism than it answers

The case the documentary explores is the 2006 murder of a 24-year-old Riverside, California, resident — Crystal Theobald — in a drive-by shooting near her home.

Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult compellingly explores mechanics of brainwashing and foregrounds survivors' stories

Over the course of four hour-long episodes, the docuseries delves into the trafficking and psychological and physical abuse of women that occurred at NXIVM, not just at the hands of its founder Keith Raniere, but also his most devoted acolytes, like Smallville actress Allison Mack.

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel — Netflix's well-intentioned Elisa Lam docu makes some missteps

Netflix's Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, about the Elisa Lam case, is not the story you think it is. It's a human tragedy, not a paranormal mystery.

I'll Be Gone In the Dark: HBO adaptation of Michelle McNamara's book could reflect best and worst of true crime genre

As much cautionary tale as public service, Michelle McNamara's I'll Be Gone In the Dark — on the hunt for the Golden State Killer — gets the docuseries treatment courtesy HBO

As Unsolved Mysteries returns to Netflix with a reboot, here's all you need to know about the original true crime show

Unsolved Mysteries, that first premiered in 1985, laid some of the foundation for the modern true-crime phenomenon.

Tiger King review: Murder, mayhem and madness reign in Netflix true crime docuseries based on Joe Exotic

There are moments from the new Netflix true crime docuseries, Tiger King, that seem almost scripted in their sheer outlandishness.

Lost Girls review: New on Netflix in true crime, Amy Ryan film looks at 'imperfect' victims, callous policing

Lost Girls, Netflix's latest true crime offering, revisits the 2010 disappearance of 24-year-old Shannan Gilbert in the state of New York, and her mother's crusade to get the police to investigate the case.

Netflix's The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez docuseries uses murder case of 8-year-old boy to indict a system that let him suffer

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez is not merely the story of one dysfunctional family. It is the story of a dysfunctional system, one that cannot or does not do enough to protect its most at-risk and defenceless members.

Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez review — Netflix docuseries isn't most compelling take on NFL star's story

At 23, Aaron Hernandez "had it all" — a $40 million contract with the New England Patriots, NFL super-stardom, a baby girl with his fiancée. Then, he was apprehended as a suspect in a murder.